25/05/2024

Richie Havens "Connections" (1980) -Pop Soul / Smooth Soul-



Label : Elektra / Asylum Records


États-Unis Side One

01 - Mama We're Gonna Dance (Jae Mason)
02 - Every Night (Paul McCartney)
03 - You Send Me (Sam Cooke)
04 - We've Got Tonight (Bob Seger)
05 - Ol' 55 (Tom Waits)

Side Two

01 - Going Back To My Roots (Lamont Dozier)
02 - Dreams (Stevie Nicks)
03 - She Touched My Heart (Jae Mason)
04 - Fire Down Below (Bob Seger)
05 - Here's A Song (Richie Havens & Denny Randell)


Produced by Charles Calello for Calello / Lang Productions, Inc.
Executive Producer : Michael Lang
Production Co-ordination : Richard Okon, Richie Havens
Direction & Management : Stormy Forest Productions
Recorded at :
Record Plant, N.Y.C.
Engineer : Sam Ginzberg
Assisted by Gray Russell, Julie Last, James Ball
Rusk Sound Studios, L.A., California
Engineer : Sam Ginzberg
Assisted by Carolyn Tapp
Mixed at Media Sound, N.Y.C.
Engineer : Harvey Goldberg
Assisted by Don Wershba, Craig Winterson
Mastered at Elektra Sound Recorders


Side One

01 - Mama We're Gonna Dance

Guitars : Jeff Baxter & David Spinozza
Rhythm Guitar : Richie Havens
Keyboards : Richard Tee
Synthesizer : Doug Katsaros
Bass : Bob Babbitt
Drums : Allan Schwartzberg
Congas : Montego Joe
Background Singers : Ann Lang, Gail Wynters, Clydie King, Lou Christie

02 - Every Night

Guitars : Jeff Baxter & Elliott Randall
Rhythm Guitar : Richie Havens
Keyboards : Jack Waldman
Bass Chuck Rainey
Drums : Andy Newmark
Congas & Tambourine : Montego Joe
Background Singers : Ann Lang, Gail Wynters

03 - You Send Me

Guitars : Jeff Baxter & Elliott Randall
Rhythm Guitar : Richie Havens
Acoustic Piano : Richard Tee
Electric Piano : David Lebolt
Synthesizer : Doug Katsaros
Bass : Chuck Rainey
Drums : Steve Gadd
Tenor Sax : David Woodford
Background Singers : Linda November, Ann Lang, Clydie King

04 - We've Got Tonight

Guitars : Jeff Baxter & Elliott Randall
Rhythm Guitar : Richie Havens also Harmonica
Keyboards : David Lebolt
Synthesizer : Doug Katsaros
Bass : Bob Babbitt
Drums : Andy Newmark

05 - Ol' 55

Guitars : Jeff Baxter, Elliott Randall & Rick Derringer
Rhythm Guitar : Richie Havens
Keyboards : David Lebolt
Bass : Bob Babbitt
Drums : Andy Newmark
Guitar Solo : Jeff Baxter
Background Singers : Ann Lang, Gail Wynters, Clydie King, Lou Christie

Side Two

01 - Going Back To My Roots

Guitars : Jeff Baxter & Elliott Randall
Rhythm Guitar : Richie Havens
Keyboards : David Lebolt
Synthesizer : Doug Katsaros
Tenor Sax : David Woodford
Bass : Bob Babbitt
Drums : Andy Newmark
Percussion : Michael Olatunji & Company
Background Singers : Ann Lang, Gail Wynters, Clydie King, Lou Christie

02 - Dreams

Guitars : Jeff Baxter & Elliott Randall
Rhythm Guitar : Richie Havens
Keyboards : David Lebolt
Synthesizer : Doug Katsaros
Bass : Bob Babbitt
Drums : Andy Newmark
Guitar Solo : Jeff Baxter
Background Singers : Ann Lang, Gail Wynters, Clydie King, Lou Christie

03 - She Touched My Heart

Guitars : Jeff Baxter & Elliott Randall
Rhythm Guitar : Richie Havens
Keyboards : David Lebolt
Synthesizer : Doug Katsaros
Harp : Gloria Agostini
Bass : Bob Babbitt
Drums : Andy Newmark

04 - Fire Down Below

Guitars : Jeff Baxter & Elliott Randall
Rhythm Guitar : Richie Havens
Keyboards : David Lebolt
Bass : Bob Babbitt
Drums : Steve Gadd
Guitar Solo : Rick Derringer

05 - Here's A Song

Guitars : Jeff Baxter & Elliott Randall
Rhythm Guitar : Richie Havens
Keyboards : David Lebolt
Bass : Bob Babbitt
Drums : Steve Gadd
Guitar Solo : Jeff Baxter
Background Singers : Ann Lang, Gail Wynters, Clydie King, Lou Christie